I want to be able to have inline code (printed in typewriter or something) where I can also use LaTeX commands like \myinlinecode{here comes a backslash: <\textbackslash>}. So it should be possible to use non-verbatim parts inside the code command.

I read that it should be possible with the listings package but I could't get it to work. What I tried was:

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AFAIK listings' possibilities for escaping to LaTeX are only available for the environment and not for the inline command. Do you need verbatim? Otherwise there's of course \texttt{}...
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clemensMay 2 '13 at 18:05

Judging from the listings manual, the answer in the linked question seems to be incorrect. The correct key should be escapechar, or escapeinside.
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T. VerronMay 2 '13 at 18:08

@T. Verron both work fine for me with \lstlisting but I couldn't get them to work with \lstinline. I also couldn't get escapebegin to work like you said not even with \lstlisting so I upvoted your comment in the linked question.
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user764754May 2 '13 at 19:50

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The following syntax makes it easier to use "escaped" (or LaTeX) content within \lstinline, and might be what you're after. There seems to be no particular need to use specially-assigned characters (like x and y) and the usual mathescape option works (escaping between $...$):